Set against the backdrop of the Cold War, the narrative unfolds with a double-crossing KGB operative, tampered computer chips, and a massive explosion in the Siberian wilderness that was so intense it could be observed from space. Contemporary historians delve into the alleged June 1982 detonation of a Russian gas pipeline, probing whether it marked the inaugural cyber attack in history—a covert operation sanctioned by Ronald Reagan aimed at crippling the Soviet Union.
Show
America's Hidden Stories
Episode
S01E05
Air Date
Apr 01, 2019